This poet implores "to the flowing water say: I am" in a sonnet addressed to "[a] silent friend of many
 distances." Another poem describes a creature whose vision "has grown" weary" from pacing so it "seems
 to him there are a thousand bars." This poet wrote about "eyes like ripening fruit" and a object "still
 suffused with brilliance" in a poem ending with the assertion "You must change your life." He wrote
 "thing-poems" such as "The Panther" and penned a collection discussing the "City of Pain" and Picasso's
 painting of acrobats that frequently mentions Gaspara Stampa. This poet of "Archaic Torso of Apollo" also
 dedicated a collection to Vera Knoop. For 10 points, name this German poe
This poet implores "to the flowing water say: I am" in a sonnet addressed to "[a] silent friend of many
 distances." Another poem describes a creature whose vision "has grown" weary" from pacing so it "seems
 to him there are a thousand bars." This poet wrote about "eyes like ripening fruit" and a object "still
 suffused with brilliance" in a poem ending with the assertion "You must change your life." He wrote
 "thing-poems" such as "The Panther" and penned a collection discussing the "City of Pain" and Picasso's
 painting of acrobats that frequently mentions Gaspara Stampa. This poet of "Archaic Torso of Apollo" also
 dedicated a collection to Vera Knoop. For 10 points, name this German poet who asked, "Who, if I cried
 out, would hear me among the angelic orders?" in The Duino Eligies.
This poet implores "to the flowing water say: I am" in a sonnet addressed to "[a] silent friend of many
 distances."
Rainer Maria {Rilke}